The Best of Opus

Highlighting just a little bit of what makes this show so special and memorable, even 40 years after its finale.

I’m trying to push back against an ongoing trend in web development to over-complicate… well… everything.

Long before the internet, we relied on magazines like this for information about our favorite genre movies.

The Scottish author interweaves ominous soundscapes with broadcasts and audio journals to create a disquieting cosmic horror narrative.

And all you need to watch them is a library card.

It took me more than three decades to finally see my favorite band of all time, but it was well worth the wait.

Three decades after its release, Soulwhirlingsomewhere’s debut album remains as haunting and affecting as ever.

Do politics, religion, and the insurance industry still matter in a world ruled by the High Table and its killers?

And all you need to read them is a valid library card.

And all you need to watch them is a library card.

With striking imagery, heady metaphysics, and meandering plots, David Zindell presented a fascinating (and frustrating) vision of the distant future.

This year brought blackgaze, somber dream-pop, sacred synth-pop, ambient masterworks, italo disco, and so much more.

Parker’s voice could be world-weary, heart-breaking, and transcendent all at once.

Accusations of “wokeness” are fascinating, not because I agree with them, but because of the semblance of legitimacy that surrounds them.

After all, grief isn’t rational or given to nice, neat organization.

The series’ nine novels and related short stories spin an exciting, richly detailed, and thoughtful story that spans the solar system and beyond.

This 1983 Star Trek novel contains a threat to two universes, bizarre alien technology, and a deeply emotional view of the Enterprise crew.

Macross is one of anime’s most storied franchises, but it’s been largely unavailable to Western audiences. Until now, that is.

You can enjoy whatever you want. Just don’t try and make it mean whatever you want.

I recently bought some of my favorite childhood books. Were they worth the money, or just a nostalgia trap?